>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. straight ahead, travelers could be in for more severe weather. two huge storms set to strike christmas. good morning, washington. december 24. christmas eve. i am scott thuman. i'm natasha barrett. let's get straight to adam caskey. merry christmas. belfortn the furniture weather center. a few wet anda sloppy snowflakes. no accumulation expected. that will turn to rain.

rain in north carolina and points south. systempart of the pushing our way. we will see a light mix around lunchtime changing then overtraining. a few sloppy snowflakes to get christmas. it's 32 at reagan national, 28 in winchester, 25 in manassas, dulles. we will be in los low 40's this light mixwith a changing over to train. wednesday, a big rain maker into town the day after christmas. you.to >> the maryland state highway administration is keeping an campf the weather possibility of any freezing rain right now. officials are fully stocked with surprise and will deploy equipment as needed. with nearly a third of all americans traveling this meteorologist are about what could be the nightmare after christmas. two new storms are moving in.

rob nelson it is on storm watch. >> there is no place like home for the holidays, but the making it easy to get there. rain snow and torrential delayed and stranded many travelers. the road are practically in someble to navigate west.of the >> there are a lot of spin-outs east.r it will be chain controls for the next two days going into christmas. >> women might be the best way to travel if you are trying to sonoma county, california. san francisco international, a 30 flights cancelled and many delays, leading to passengers. >> after i found out life- flighted been cancelled after hours waiting, i had to wait another three hours in the which i service >>en get helped out

and. plows working overtime and frustrated drivers stuck with no place to go. the wind was fierce, blowing the cars around. semis swerving. >> forecasters predicting a white parts of the some northeast. abc news, new york. >> breaking news. crews are on the scene of a deadly shooting in northeast d.c. police found a man shot to h in the 1200 block of c street. for two are looking suspects. what led to the shooting. more details as. >> under the people are expected the national mall afternoon to honor the of the elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. joinizers say people will form a large community circle around the washington

monument. goal is to find ways to prevent similar tragedies in the future. >> the debate over guns in america, the national rifle association is not backing down from its controversial idea of putting armed guards in the nation's schools. >> i don't understand why you cannot just four minutes imagine when a horrible monster his way into a if a good school that been there, had might be unable to stop him. the nation's cardigan rights as a white house task may try ton violence undermine the second amendment. >> u.s. senator free on bond after being arrested for alleged drunk driving. the idaho republican ran a red light in alexandria early sunday morning. he failed several field sobriety tests. he issued a statement saying he

is deeply sorry for the accident in the circumstances. made a mistake for which i family, myo my any others whond in me.ir trust i accept responsibility and will whatever penalty and measures toke ensure the circumstances never repeated." is expected in court on danaher 1/4. it's 35 degrees outside. is that right? 4:35. >> still to come, some local firefighters helping a teenager was shot on the way to school. supposed to go out there ball and that's what was able to do. >> redskins cut the job done agai

>> welcome back. monday morning. it is chilly outside. is. it feels a lot like christmas, adam. >> keeping us warm in the weather center. start in many locations. many locations in the upper 20s us all freezing. 32 at reagan national, 30 and quantico, 27 in frederick, 28 in winchester, 27 in culpeper.

freezing inve annapolis and lexington park. around noon time, expect a light wintry mix. rain mixed with a few wet starting around lunchtime, then it will change after lunch.d rain no snow accumulation, nothing to about, but something to christmas spirit. highs in the low 40's today. tomorrow, 47, cloudy. heavy rain on wednesday. >> the commute to looks good. no delays. light volume. springfield, things moving smoothly. normal hovre are operations. so the rules are in effect in maryland.nd but it's much lighter than normal. no vre service today. metro rail running on normal .chedule

there's no camden line service marc. the others are running on reduced service today. case for thethe morning rush hour. maryland, the beltway at the , noican legion bridge problems. at 121, actually. any traffic. starting off well. back to you. >> thank you. fedex field will be rocking sunday night. the redskins hosting the cowboys seasonir final regular- game. win, they will clinch the nfc east. all this thanks to the redskins' winning over the eagles this weekend. kassites.nry -- has highlights. the redskins and extended .heir winning streak yesterday

rgiii throwing 16 of 24. 198 yards, two touchdowns. in the second quarter, he throws to joshua morgan, who finds its way into the end zone. 13-10 half. this is the icing on the cake. with a 22-yarder. the eagles fight back. it was not enough. eight seconds to go. .he redskins had five sacks there's a sense second run off. game over. the redskins win 27-20. have a great day. 4:41, a thirtysomething degrees outside. cold.is bad news for a landmark in georgetown.

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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- correct a developing story in afghanistan. police woman has atled an american adviser e kabul police headquarters. an investigation is under way as was accidental or intentional. it is not being reported if the

military or civilian adviser. and the u.s. military investigating the apparent suicide of a navy seal in afghanistan. he was 42 santa claus from pennsylvania. he was a member of seal team 4, virginia beach. asked the team responsible for afghanistan police to fight the taliban in country.arts of the eight days from the fiscal cliff deadline. there's no movement from lighter side. a south carolina congressman is voted against who speaker john boehner's plan b. he says passing the plan would not have changed the outcome. >> the reason i was against plan was i am not convinced the senate was ever going to take tips up. people feel all the house had to the endass the bill at of a discussion. beginning from the continue to believe the in notnt has no interest

over the cliff. >> congress is not expected to meet again until after christmas. >> investigators are searching deadly gunman behind a double shooting in northeast d.c. of4-year-old raymond harris northwest and 69-year-old l beasley jr. of south east were shot early saturday morning. harrison died at the scene and r died at the hospital. no word on what led to the shooting. d.c. teenager shot the leg at a bus stop earlier month received a special delivery. the 18-year-old girl was shot by stole herunman who schoolbag, so some d.c. firefighters brightened her spirits this holiday season by and then buying bag. new laptop and engine 32 ann stock 16 -- and 32 surprise star, making

happy.y a georgetown landmark is being shut down. the national park service has terminated the lease for jack's e, which is along the waterfront near the bridge. facility opened in 1945. owner is of broken. >> nobody wanted to be out here ago.or 10 years now georgetown has changed and everybody wants a. are the last of a house owners on the potomac and we don't have any political muster. >> he says he and his 30 must leave by the end of january. the national park service has not said why it ended police. and air force colonel from leesburg is thrilled to be home for the holidays. arrived at dulles sunday evening. see his wife and 9-year- son were there to greet him. deployment toird

afghanistan. plans to take a in williamsburg. local girl battling cancer is her disease get in a way of helping other children. >> jay korff has the story. leesburg person has reading notes written by country from across the the globe. letters have come from saudi arabia, ecuador, all over europe. >> dear santa claus, my only have gabriella better. clerk learned their 9-year-old daughter had a brain tumor. to the make a wish foundation, she gets to travel to paris. but before going, this fourth had a selfless epiphanies. she asked for letters to santa

claus because macy's donates a make a wish for letter the department receives. >> it might have felt really lonely otherwise. >> they blew past their goal of tens thousand. became 150,000, which more into more than to hundred thousand letters. afternoon, it took a moving company to deliver to macy's this avalanche of love. >> it's pretty incredible. despite arduous chemotherapy and radiation treatments, she was there for the remarkable announcement, the final total. 240,983 letters. make a wish has really touched me. >> the treatments altered her can hear herou strength in every word.

we might have a bad day to day, but there's always a bright tomorrow. thank you. happy holidays. >> and i did ignited in a little aroundledrt with thed returned gift of hope.difficul macy's was so touched by the have donated an additional $25,000 in the girl's the make a wish foundation. which costs about $7,500, means an additional 36 children fighting illness will be able to get their wish. jay korff, abc 7 news. >> she has guts to get up in front

of all those strangers. >> she sounds like an adult. >> if you are looking for ways keep up with santa claus this christmas eve, how about a app?phone hisad has been tracking the globe since the 1930's. now is a journey can be watched your smartphone. google is also releasing its own app for the android today. it's 35 degrees. >> find out if tom cruise could beat the hobbit. >> and on "katie" there are by rod stewart and others

christmas eve. check on the weather. caskey, i know the only snow.mas gift you want is >> i want a lot of it, a big pile. however, we will not get this on christmas eve. snowflakes a lunchtime and then changing to rein. nothing to panic about. justin damp roads through the midday and afternoon. look at the rain moving into virginia, eastern tennessee, western north

carolina. it is continuing to push our way. disturbance. time, a very light mix beginning with temperatures in the upper 30's. then changing over to a light rainfall as we go into the afternoon. snow accumulations, just a mix. of an sinc o expected. degrees in fort washington and effective freezing mark in reagan national reagan national. beautiful to be temperatures high in the 40's. be in the midl 40's on christmas. but after, a strong storm system should pass through our area. that will give us areas of rain. on wednesday morning you could into a few wet snowflakes. otherwise you're looking at every event on wednesday. a pretty good soaking of rain. let's go to steve hershorn for

traffic. >> american legion bridge, on the beltway between maryland and virginia, looking good, light .olume pretty typical of what the s like all around. silver spring on the beltway near colesville road, looks very with hardly anybody on the road. 270 near 118 in germantown, moving smoothly. all the hov restrictions are in effect today. in virginia heading up 95 and 395, everything is normal in of the pattern of traffic, much lighter than usual. springfield all to the beltway and n 395 to the 14th street bridge. there's no vre service. penn and brunswick lines are on a reduced s schedule. camden line service today on marc rail. back to you. >> thank you.

here's a happy ending to a story dog from theng office county sheriff's named bronco. groomersd from his this weekend. released a photograph sent found german shepherd was last night. he appears healthy but was taken vet as a precaution. tom cruise, barbra streisand, and they cannot beat the hobbit weekend box office. it remained no. 1 for the of $36 million. nearly $150 million since u.s. 10 days ago. new movie debuted place with $15.6 million, this is 40. >> and have to wonder how they feel. two big stars defeated by the hobbit. 4:5,732 degrees at reagan

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